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Try these popular databases to get started, or select a specific database from the A-Z tabs on this page.

Academic Search Complete

Shippensburg's most cross-disciplinary database. More than half of the articles indexed are available immediately online.
Contains articles on natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, business and education.
Gale Virtual Reference Library

Search across 140+ Gale reference books and encyclopedias by keyword or subject.
Occasionally returns an error on first access - just click Back and then click this link again.
LexisNexis Academic

Covers News, Legal, and Business domains.
Contains full text of newspaper and journal articles, court cases, legal briefs, business information and more.
eBook Library (EBL)

A large book collection which is available to Shippensburg University students, faculty, & staff. You will need to log in with your S.U. username and password to access EBL.
JSTOR

JSTOR is our most comprehensive interdisciplinary archive of scholarly journal articles. For each journal included in JSTOR, it includes the full-run of the journal, from its beginning up until the most recent 3-5 years. Covers a wide variety of subjects such as history, literature, biology, business, and African-American studies.
Business Source Premier

Covers companies, industries, markets, and products.
Contains articles and abstracts from scholarly or trade publications.
Oxford Reference Online: Premium

Search across Oxford reference books, and encyclopedias by keyword or subject.
See Online Reference Books for individual title searching.

Library Databases

Ezra Lehman Memorial Library subscrbes to over 150 individual databases from dozens of vendors. What kind of information can be found in these databases?

Scholarly articles from many disciplines of study
Major Newspapers, National and International coverage
Some local Pennsylvania newspapers
Popular magazines
Authoritative indexes and abstracts
Links from indexes and abstracts to full content in other databases
Links to Interlibrary loan for items which are not immedeately available online

Many of these databases focus on a specific discipline or source of data. If you are looking for information on a specific subject, select that subject or the closest match from the disciplines listed in the next section. The Research Guides list below is your gateway to the Subject Guides and Course Guides created by your librarians.